UK court to decide on extradition of 'hacker' Lauri Love
by Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#1TYJJ)
Decision on fate of British activist accused of hacking US agencies will be first substantive test of extradition law reforms
The computer activist Lauri Love will discover on Friday whether he is to be sent to the United States to face charges of hacking into the US military agencies, in the first test case since the extradition law was tightened by Theresa May.
The 31-year-old, who has Asperger's syndrome, told Westminster magistrates court this summer that he may take his own life if he is forcibly removed to an American prison for trial.
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